Evan Seinfeld is an American musician and actor, as well as a director, photographer, writer, and former pornographic actor. He is best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and founding member of the hardcore/

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band

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. Since leaving the band in May 2011 for personal reasons, he has joined the band Attika7 as a vocalist. He is the founder and

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of subscription service IsMyGirl.

Career

Music

Seinfeld was the founder, bassist and vocalist for the New York hardcore/ heavy metal band

. Seinfeld founded the band in 1987 but left the band in early 2011. Evan was also the bassist for the short-lived supergroup Damnocracy, featured in the VH1

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show '' Supergroup'', with other members including

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, Sebastian Bach, Scott Ian and

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. In March 2007, Evan Seinfeld debuted his new band, The Spyderz, as an opening act for a

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performance. The band was originally named White Line Fever until it was discovered that a UK band already owned the name. The Spyderz also featured guitarist

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, formerly of Ministry, M.O.D. and The Disparrows vocalist Daniel Weber. In October 2008, Seinfeld briefly joined Tattooed Millionaires as a bassist and co-vocalist. In 2011 Seinfeld joined Attika7, a band featuring former members of Walls of Jericho,

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Soulfly Soulfly is an American heavy metal band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1997, and later based out of Phoenix, Arizona. Soulfly is led by former Sepultura frontman Max Cavalera, who formed the band after he left the Brazilian group in 19 ...

, and Possessed. The band's debut album, ''Blood of My Enemies'', was released on July 31, 2012. On July 25, 2019, Seinfeld debuted the first single from his newest musical project, SVG$, via

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. The song is titled "Authentic" and is Seinfeld's debut as a hip-hop artist.

Acting

Seinfeld portrayed Jaz Hoyt in the HBO prison drama '' Oz'' for a total of 40 episodes, spanning the majority of the series' six-year run. His character was the leader of the prison's biker gang and an ally of the Aryan Brotherhood, a

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gang. He showed his

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in some scenes of the series. In certain episodes of season 6, the

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on Seinfeld's stomach can be clearly seen. Seinfeld, who was married to pornographic actress star

Tera Patrick Tera Patrick (born Linda Ann Hopkins; July 25, 1976) is an American former pornographic actress and model who was the '' Penthouse'' Pet of the Month for February 2000 and is an inductee of the NightMoves, AVN and XRCO Halls of Fame. She is ...

, has performed with her in seven films under the stage name "Spyder Jonez", including ''Reign of Tera'', ''Teradise Island'' (which he also directed), ''Tera, Tera, Tera'', and ''Desperate''. In the final scene of ''Reign of Tera'', he performs as the sole male in an orgy featuring ten Asian porn stars. He also performs in duo scenes with women other than Tera Patrick. Seinfeld continues to work in adult entertainment as Spyder Jonez, most notably through his production company, Iron Cross Entertainment and Teravison, the production company he co-owns with Tera Patrick, as well as his own "Rockstar Pornstar" website. Seinfeld and Patrick appear in a number of celebrity

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such as '' E! True Hollywood Story'' "Rockstar Wives",

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's ''A Day in the Life of Tera Patrick'', ''VH1's Greatest Metal Songs'', and WE's ''Secret Lives of Women''. Seinfeld appeared in the independent films ''Angry Dogs'', ''Kiss Me Now'', and ''Wizard of Gore''. Both he and Patrick appeared in the documentary ''

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''. Seinfeld has voice acted in several

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, voicing a Skin in ''

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'', the Honkers bouncer in ''

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'', and several gangsters in '' The Warriors'', including Hog, Nails, Kevin K, and Fleece.

Other appearances

He is one of the characters in the book '' Sex Tips from Rock Stars'' by Paul Miles, published in July 2010 from

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. On November 21, 2011, he appeared on ''

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'' performing in

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's band for Taylor Armstrong's daughter's fifth birthday party. In 2022, Seinfeld appeared as himself in '' Sell/Buy/Date'' directed by Sarah Jones.

Awards

*2008

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– Crossover Male Star of the Year *2009

– ASACP Service Recognition AwardXBIZ Award Winners
''

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'', February 2011

Personal life

After a three-year relationship, Seinfeld married

in a small ceremony on January 9, 2004. The ceremony was held in

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where they were attending the 2004

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show. The couple announced on September 30, 2009 that they were ending their marriage, but that they would remain business partners. In 2011, Seinfeld married singer and former pornographic actress, Lupe Fuentes. They later divorced in 2020. Seinfeld is a second cousin of comedian

Jerry Seinfeld Jerome Allen Seinfeld ( ; born April 29, 1954) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom '' Seinfeld'', which he created and wrote with La ...

References

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